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Lamb : (noun)
1: young sheep
2: English essayist (1775-1834) [syn: Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia]
3: a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial
matters)
4: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
[syn: dear]
5: the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
(verb)
1: give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Lamb : \Lamb\ (l[a^]m), n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. &
Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) The young of the sheep.
2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock
Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
Lamb of God, The Lamb (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in
allusion to the paschal lamb.
The twelve apostles of the Lamb. --Rev. xxi.
14.
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of
the world. --John i. 29.
Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate
leaves ({Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad;
corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.]
Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit,
for making curved grooves. --Knight.
Lamb's wool.
(a) The wool of a lamb.
(b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably
from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to
lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Lamb : \Lamb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lambed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lambing.]
To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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LAMB. A ram, sheep or ewe, under the age of one year. 4 Car. & P. 216; S. C.
19 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 351.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Lamb, KY
Zip code(s): 42155
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Lamb : (1.) Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year.
Offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice (Ex.
29:38-42), on the Sabbath day (Num. 28:9), at the feast of the
New Moon (28:11), of Trumpets (29:2), of Tabernacles (13-40), of
Pentecost (Lev. 23:18-20), and of the Passover (Ex. 12:5), and
on many other occasions (1 Chr. 29:21; 2 Chr. 29:21; Lev. 9:3;
14:10-25).
(2.) Heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb (1 Sam. 7:9; Isa.
65:25). In the symbolical language of Scripture the lamb is the
type of meekness and innocence (Isa. 11:6; 65:25; Luke 10:3;
John 21:15).
The lamb was a symbol of Christ (Gen. 4:4; Ex. 12:3; 29:38;
Isa. 16:1; 53:7; John 1:36; Rev. 13:8).
Christ is called the Lamb of God (John 1:29, 36), as the great
sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types (Num.
6:12; Lev. 14:12-17; Isa. 53:7; 1 Cor. 5:7).
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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